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Groundnut Decorticator
Groundnut is the major oil seed crop in kharif and rabi season in Nandurbar districts. Traditionally groundnut is decorticated
by women manually which is tedious and time consuming operation. Decortication of groundnut pod rate with hand
is 2 -2.5 kg/hr which causes a finger injury and breaking percentage is also more.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra conducted a front line demonstration on Groundnut decorticator. Training programmes on drudgery
reducing implements .
GROUND NUT DECORTICATOR FOR WOMEN
It is manually operated equipment to separate kernels from groundnut pods for rural women who are accustomed to work
in sitting posture. The unit consists of frame, handle, oscillating arm sieve with oblong hole. The pods are fed in batches
of 2 kg and crushed in between concave and oscillating arm having cast iron/nylon shoes to achieve shelling.
by women manually which is tedious and time consuming operation. Decortication of groundnut pod rate with hand
is 2 -2.5 kg/hr which causes a finger injury and breaking percentage is also more.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra conducted a front line demonstration on Groundnut decorticator. Training programmes on drudgery
reducing implements .
GROUND NUT DECORTICATOR FOR WOMEN
Features
It is manually operated equipment to separate kernels from groundnut pods for rural women who are accustomed to workin sitting posture. The unit consists of frame, handle, oscillating arm sieve with oblong hole. The pods are fed in batches
of 2 kg and crushed in between concave and oscillating arm having cast iron/nylon shoes to achieve shelling.
Specifications and working features
| Overall dimensions, mm | Weight (kg) | Groundnut screen, mm | Broken kernels (%) | Total Losses (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | width | height | ||||
| 500 | 270 | 640 | 5.7 | 45x9 | 2.30-2.65 | 2.30-2.65 |
| Shelling efficiency (%) | Capacity, Kg/h | Labour requirement Man-h/q | Price, Rs. | Operating cost, Rs/q | ||
| 93-98 | 35-40 | 2.5 | 750 | 24/- |